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ARKANSAS ROUND-UP by
ArkansasTrackStats.com
October 7,2003
(all
meets on 10/4/2003)
Patricia
Bradbury (Lake Hamilton)
continued her strong fall as she cruised to an easy win at the 29th
Annual Cyclone Invitational in Russellville.
Bradbury’s 15:05 for 4K was more than good enough to lead the Lady
Wolves to a smashing victory over Fayetteville by 30-75 in a ten-team
meet. Class 3A Dover took
third with 101 while Class 4A Harrison was third at 125.
Janie Blackmon (Russellville) finished 2nd in an
excellent 15:28 while Jaala Spencer (Conway) and Beth Madson (Lake
Hamilton) also were under 16 minutes with 15:49 and 15:54, respectively.
Burt Hicks
(lake Hamilton) won easily in a slow 17:19 over the difficult 5K course with Raven
Fuller (Conway) in 2nd at 17:29.
Fayetteville narrowly beat out Lake Hamilton in the 13-team
meet by 51-56. Russellville
followed with 91 and Conway took 4th in 101.
In Junior
High action, Brittany Blackmon (Russellville) posted a victory in the
Girls 2 Mile at 13:11 as Pulaski Academy won the 14-team meet in a
close call by 53-56 over Batesville.
Zach Ray (Van Buren) won the Boys 2 Mile in 11:57 to lead
his team to a solid 27-77 win over Bryant in the eight-team meet.
The No. 1
ranked Rogers Mounties and Lady Mounties traveled to Stillwater,
OK to take on the top teams in the four state region in the always-tough Oklahoma
State University Cowboy Jamboree. The
extremely hilly 5K course played havoc with times as Liberty (MO) took
the team title in 27-team Class 5A race by 32-99-158-186 over Jenks
(OK), Rogers and Edmond (OK) Memorial.
Brian Gosnell (Tahlequah,OK) won with the only sub-16 time in
15:56. Rogers took 3rd
without peak performances from two of their usual Top 3.
Senior Zach Hines was the first Mounties at 20th in
16:44 as junior Luis Flores was 23rd at 16:52 and junior Stefan
Mueller was close by in 25th at 16:55. The Mounties
achieved an outstanding spread of only 39 seconds.
The quality of the field was evident as there were 34 finishers between
the Rogers’ first (20th) and fifth (53rd).
The Class 5A
Girls race over the 2-mile course saw regional powerhouse Jenks (OK)
only able to garner 5th as Blue Valley Springs (KS) won by
83-97 over Liberty (MO) in the 23-team meet.
Rogers held on for 8th with a strong 17th
place finish by Staci Papageorge in 12:11. The race was won by Jana
Gwinn (Blue Valley Springs) in an excellent 11:06 as 12 runners were at 12
flat or better.
For the
uninitiated to Stillwater, the Girls course is two laps around a large, open
pasture subject to a long stretch each lap to the west that is normally quite
windy. There are just enough slopes to make it interesting. The first half-mile
of the Boys course is the same as the Girls but then it veers into the rough and
steep terrain of the back side until the 3 mile mark before a straight shot to
the finish.
STARS OF THE
WEEK:
GIRLS (4K
unless otherwise stated … ) ---
Patricia
Bradbury, Lake Hamilton, 15:05, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Janie
Blackmon, Russellville, 15:28, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Jaala
Spencer, Conway, 15:49, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Beth Madson,
Lake Hamilton, 15:54, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Tia Young,
Harrison, 16:10, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Emily
Walker, Lake Hamilton, 16:31, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Samantha
Wempe, Fayetteville, 16:37, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Alisha
Tucker, Dover, 16:42, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Lorena
Jaime, Van Buren, 16:44, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Megan
Bourke, Fayetteville, 16:45, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Staci
Papageorge, Rogers, 12:11 (2miles), Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Robin
Sutherland, Rogers, 12:41 (2 miles), Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Danielle
Cummings, Rogers, 12:45 (2miles), Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
LeAnna
Peerson, Rogers, 12:51 (2 miles), Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
BOYS (5K)
---
Zach Hines,
Rogers, 16:44, Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Luis Flores,
Rogers, 16:52, Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Stefan
Mueller, Rogers, 16:55, Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Michael
McCullough, Rogers, 17:09, Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Burt Hicks,
Lake Hamilton, 17:19, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Jordan
Conley, Rogers, 17:23, Cowboy Jamboree, 10/4
Raven
Fuller, Conway, 17:29, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
Eric Harris,
Conway, 17:47, Cyclone Invite, 10/4
LATEST
RANKINGS:
Girls
1A/2A/3A …….Berryville, DeQueen, Little Rock Lutheran, Harding Academy,
Eureka Springs
Girls 4A/5A
…………Rogers, Bryant, Lake Hamilton, Fayetteville, Springdale
Boys
1A/2A/3A …….DeQueen, Berryville, Heber
Springs, Little Rock Lutheran, Acorn
Boys 4A/5A
…………Rogers, Fayetteville, Springdale, Lake Hamilton, Bryant